ACCELERATED PROOF-TESTS OF RUNWAY PAVEMENT, COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, MISSISSIPPI

ACCELERATED TRAFFIC WAS APPLIED TO PAVEMENTS AT THE COLUMBUS (MISS.) AIR FORCE BASE TO PROOF-TEST THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS' DESIGN FOR INTERIOR OF RUNWAYS UNDER SIMULATED B-52 AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC. A TOTAL OF 5,000 COVERAGES WAS APPLIED WITH A CART EQUIPPED WITH FOUR TIRES ARRANGED IN THE SAME PATTERN AS THE TIRES ON THE REAR OF A B-52. THE TIRES WERE INFLATED TO 266 PSI AND THE CART WAS LOADED TO 212,000 LB. THE PAPER DESCRIBES THE PAVEMENTS UNDER TRAFFIC. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/38/38-010.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, pp 183-218, 27 FIG, 4 TAB, 4 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Foster, C R
  • Sale, J P
  • Wellborn, A S
  • Westall, W G
• Publication Date: 1959

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 5-9, 1959
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 38
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Airport runways; Flexible pavements; Medians; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Rigid pavements; Simulation; Test procedures; Test sections; Traffic; Wheel loads
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205925
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM